roadway

Meaning

1. A way used as a road.
2. The main or central portion of a road, used by the vehicles.
3. The portion of a bridge or railway used by traffic.

Synonyms

road

🛣️

path

🛣️

way

track

highway

pathway

route

street

passage

course

pike

run

highroad

door

🚪

avenue

doorway

drive

heat

high road

passageway

pavement

race

carriageway

turnpike

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: *rodeway

In summary

From Middle English *rodeway, *radewey (attested in radewey-stile (literally “roadway-stile”)), equivalent to road + way; road had the early sense of "riding" when the compound was formed, thus originally "a way for riding on".